The Amazon Effect: Store Closures Everywhere

Brick-and-mortar retailers are increasingly losing foot traffic and sales to online retailers as consumers increasingly shift to online shopping, either by desktop or mobile device. Two weeks ago, I argued that traditional retailers need to evolve their stores into one-of-a-kind ” destination venues ” to create a unique experience for the customer, one that they can’t get from an online retailer.

Amazon commits to hiring 100,000 U.S. workers

While many of the jobs will be in warehouses, Amazon said the company will be looking for engineers and software developers in such areas as cloud computing and machine learning. “Innovation is one of our guiding principles at Amazon, and it’s created hundreds of thousands of American jobs,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, in a statement .

Amazon says it will create 100,000 jobs in U.S. by 2018

Amazon says it will create 100,000 jobs in U.S. by 2018 The full-time positions will also provide full benefits, says the tech giant. Check out this story on demingheadlight.com: http://usat.ly/2io33Tb Amazon will create 100,000 full-time jobs in the United States with full benefits over the next 18 months, the tech giant announced in a statement Thursday.

Amazon Expects To Add 100,000 New Jobs By 2018

Amazon.com on Thursday said it would expand its full-time U.S.-based workforce to 280,000 by mid-2018, from 180,000 last year. Over the past five years, Amazon says it’s created more than 150,000 jobs in the U.S., growing its workforce from 30,000 in 2011.

Amazon removes Indian flag doormat link after visa threat

Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the US company’s employees if they did not stop selling the product. “If this is not done forthwith, we will not grant Indian Visa to any Amazon official,” she added.

Greenpeace calls out AWS on renewable energy targets

A new report from Greepeace has cast doubt over Amazon Web Services goal to become solely reliant upon renewable power. The cloud giant has set goals of being powered by 50% renewable energy by the end of this year, but Greenpeace says that an increase in data centre construction in Virginia will play a role in making goals like that, and the 100% goal, elusive.

Apple shows why no robot can replace cashiers

Ever since Amazon.com debuted a grocery store without a checkout line, the world has been forced to ponder a jobless future. Located in the company’s home town, Seattle, Amazon Go looks every bit like a 7-Eleven, selling bread, milk, and cheese as well as pre-made snacks and fresh meals, except there are no cashiers or checkout lines.

Alibaba Sues Sellers of Fake Swarovski Watches in Crackdown

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sued two vendors it said used the company’s Taobao website to sell counterfeit Swarovski watches, just weeks after the site was labeled a haven for knockoffs by U.S. regulators. The lawsuit is the first legal action taken by an e-commerce site in China against sellers of counterfeit goods and Alibaba seeks 1.4 million yuan in damages, the company said Wednesday in a statement.

Walmart Tacks on Another E-commerce Company in the Hopes of Crushing Amazon

Walmart is hell-bent on sticking around and not going the way of Macy’s or other brick-and-mortar companies that have fell victim to the burgeoning world of e-commerce and the likes of Amazon . In its latest move to stay relevant in the world of e-commerce the company announced Thursday, Jan. 5, that it would buy online shoe seller Shoebuy.com from Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp for $70 million.

Amazon dreams of drone delivery

Amazon.com scientists have dreamed up a scheme straight out of “Voltron,” a 1980s animated show for kids where several vehicles joined together to form an evil-fighting super-robot. In this case it’s a super-drone.

invoice2data 0.2.40

Tested on Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 – extracts text from PDF files – searches for regex in the result – saves results as CSV – optionally renames PDF files to match the content With the flexible template system you can: – precisely match PDF files – define static fields that are the same for every invoice – have multiple regex per field – define currency Go from PDF files to this: “` {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘30064443’, ‘amount’: 34.73, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 30064443 from QualityHosting’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘EUVINS1-OF5-DE-120725895’, ‘amount’: 35.24, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice EUVINS1-OF5-DE-120725895 from Amazon EU’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘42183017’, ‘amount’: 4.11, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 42183017 from Amazon Web Services’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘12429647’, ‘amount’: 101.0, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 12429647 from Envato’} “` ## Installation 1. Install pdftotext If possible get the latest … (more)

Amazon Voted Best Stock for 2017 by Evercore

Amazon is Evercore’s top stock pick for the upcoming year, mainly due to its position in the data science field. Shares of Amazon were slightly higher in late morning trading on Wednesday, after Evercore named the company its top stock pick for 2017, in a note released earlier today.

Why Amazon Has a Massive Lead in Online Retail

The e-commerce market in the U.S. has witnessed rapid growth in the last 10 years, reaching $341 billion in annual sales in 2015. Despite the wildfire increase, according to data, U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2016 were $101.3 billion, while total retail sales were estimated at $1,212.5 billion.

Impinj: Can A Chip Company Build A Competitive Moat?

It has recently attracted attention due to rumors regarding its involvement with Amazon and with the AmazonGo automated grocery store. Its product offering transcends chips and includes readers and gateways and an operating system to facilitate a complete end-user solution in many different use categories.

Impinj: Can A Chip Company Build A Competitive Moat?

It has recently attracted attention due to rumors regarding its involvement with Amazon and with the AmazonGo automated grocery store. Its product offering transcends chips and includes readers and gateways and an operating system to facilitate a complete end-user solution in many different use categories.

Global Mobile Analytics Market Projected to Reach US$ 6,186.7 Mn by…

Global Mobile Analytics Market Projected to Reach US$ 6,186.7 Mn by 2024: North America to Remain the Most Profitable Market gaining immense popularity amongst users. Adobe Systems Incorporated, Yahoo! Inc. , International Business Machine Corporation , Tune, Inc., Google Inc. , Amazon Web Services, Inc. , Localytics , Webtrends Inc., and Mixpanel, Inc. are amongst other prominent players operating in the global mobile analytics market.